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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

1800's Quilt Finished

I finally finished the 1800's quilt from Moda Bake Shop. Each square is 3/4". Yikes, I found my intersections weren't quite as accurate as I expect them to be. Can't see any problems now. This was a quilt along at Small Quilts Chat over on yahoo groups. The quilt as shown at the Bake Shop didn't have a border. But I wanted it a little bit bigger. Plus, it will be on a brick red wall I thought the blue border would tone down the really bright red. I used a Bar Harbor charm pack and an old beige fabric. I quilted it on my domestic sewing machine. The backing is the same as the border. It's so nice to have a finish!

I haven't gotten as far on the pieced border of the Million Pieces quilt as I had hoped to. (Shucks, today I cleaned house and did a few loads of laundry -- not all that much sewing time!) I think I now have all the half square triangles made. And, on the trip around the world 3 quadrants are completed. And, the fourth one is probably about 1/2 done. I try to sew one strip every time I sit down to sew. Kind of like an ender except afterwards I always sew a part of a four patch as the real ender.

It would be wonderful if I could just sew all day tomorrow but the cabinets and refrigerator are getting bare. And, rats, it's suppose to rain all day. But, grocery shopping I must go! Sigh. When I get to the studio the plan is the to finish 2nd border of Million Pieces quilt. I keep thinking how much yardage I will have used when that quilt is done! Talk about motivation.

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I've been quilting for nearly 35+ years and still have my first quilt. I piece on my midrange Bernina, although I have quite a few other machines I can pull out and use. I'm the proud owner of an 18" Nolting long arm, known as Ruthie.She is now computer driven. We are proud grandparents to three little girls with a grandson on the way.